The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 20, 1906, Page THREE, Image 3
OUR GREAT IRON RESOURCES.
Capt. Petty Tells of The Mineral
Wealth of the Piedmont.
Charles Petty in News anid Courier.
(reenville is stirred up over the
diseovery of ron after waitinl moc
tLan a century. A very high vahlw i
pot on the discovery up to date. They
are talking about millions of dollars
not enough to buy it. It has been our
privilege to watch some mineral dis
eoveries in this Piedmont country for
a long time, considering our youth.
Before the revolution an excellent
quality of iron was made in this
county. Before 1825 it was known
that there were acres of iron in this
the "'Old Iron District." Next came
the discovery of lead and copper. A
shaft was sunk about two miles froin
Limestone Springs, and some fine
specimems of galena and copper ta
ken from the mine. Just at that time
we knew much more: about mineral
ogy than we do now for we had just
been .studying mineralogy and veins
and dikes and faults, and lots of
things. That mine being near my
home, I eoncluded to investigate it
scientifically, for I felt that I was
co,mpetent I went down into the
earth, selected such specimems as I
wanted, examined them and proceed
ed to write a column for the Carolini
Spartan, showing that lead, copper
IJd *silver would never be found in
that neighborhood in paying quanti
ties. Major Bill Trimmier was edi
tor of the Spartan, and in his kind
consideration for me he published
what I wrote. These juniors in col
lege know lots. But any way, there
was little work done in that mine af
ter my investigation and report. Then
tie dd mines were always with us.
They have also been investigated. But
the iron is abundant.
From the old Cherokee Ford to the
meighborhood of Landrum iron ore is
found in places. Thousands of tons
have been smelted. Thousands of
acres of land have been cleared to
make charcoal to make the iron. In
the neighborhood of Blacksburg there~
are acres of iron ore* and some fine
magnetic iron. There was a little
furnace over in Lincoln county, N.
C., running after the war. They made
iron with charcoal and magnetic ore.
Blacksmiths said it was almost equal
to steel. Near Cherokee Springs be
fore the war, farmers would dig mag
netic ore and haul it to the roller mill.
now Clifton and they got a dollar a
ton more for that than was paid for
the brown hemolite. There are tons
of the same sort of ore about Chero
kee Springs now, and the farmers are
making crops on the land. The beds
extend out towards the Southern rail
way near Campobello, When the
South and Western is finished to
Spartanburg, we will be not more
than five hours from the Iron Moun
tains, where the famous Cranberry'
mines are. There is the greatest
abundance of magnetic ore for miles)
along the southern slope of those
*meuntains.
Considering the abundance of iron
in thlis Piedmont country, and the dis
tance from fuel and the fate of Mid
dlesboro, KCentucky, if asked for ad
vice, we would say to our Greenville
friends to sell for one million dollars,
good and lawful currency, when offer
ed and not wait for five or ten miu
'lions desired. But we are not giving
advice to. prospectors and owners of
euines. Some of them know much
more than we did half a century ago,
'when our knowledge was' astonishing.
.At least it must have been so to oth
drs,4 for it is to us at this date.
While on the subjeet of iron it may
'be well' to state that boiler makers
before 1860 considered the iron made
at Cherokee 'Ford superior to any
they could get in Pennsylvania or
elsewhere. Between 1845 and 1850
eannon balls were made at the same
iron works. They were boated from
Smith's Ford down Broad river to
-Columbia. The ore was hauled to the
iron works in wagons, much of it be
ing carried six to ten miles. At the
Hurricane Shoals, long managed by
Simpson Bobo, a tram way was built
out northward on a ridge about ten
miles. Instead of iron wooden string
-ers were used. -The cars were drawns
by mules, one small mule pulling more
wood or ore than four could do when
loaded on wagons. The mules were
so well trained that drivers were not
necessary. Early in the morning the
train would start from the rolling ]
mill with one or two drivers to look,
after the cars and keep them going.
Hands at the terminus would do the
loading. The mules would be fed, and
then start homeward. But the dig
ging of ore, tramways, the making of
iron and nails, and the burning of
charcoal will soon be amongst the lost
arts in the "'Old Iron District."
Opie Read recently.iade a trip m)
horseback through Arkansas. 14
l(st his WayN Mid rode u1 to 1 wh1ere
RS411r11k,1* WaIs siltinlg. his fiddhI )\- Jy
side.
where ? asked the squatter with lit
tle show of interest.
"I was going sunwwhere.'l an
sXweired Opie. "but I *ve lost my wax
and inow 'm just riding. How do yoil
get to the next town?"
"Ridin' or walkin'?'
"Where do I hit the road?''
Hit it on the side or in the mid
dle, or if you all tit close 'nuil you
all can hit it with a stick."
"Is there any forks to*he road?"
"No' forks 't all' mister. jes
straight as a string.,'
"You're a d- fool." 2Mr. Read
said, losing his temper.
Yes, sir, maybe so," answered the
squatter taking up the fiddle and
drawing the bow carelessly over the
strings, "but I ain't lost."
How Williams Got a Gift.
A quarter of a century ago there
lived in a Western village a gentle
old man subsisting on a meagre sala
ry. One day he learned that his broth
er had died in San Francisco and left
him a fortune of $50,000,000. The
transition was staggering, especially
so since it was followed by a shower
of appeals for money from every
quarter of globe and from persons
known and unknown to him.
His son, who acted as his secretary,
noticed with regret that the father
seemed unable to grasp the meaning
of his new power, and was glad to
have him .at last evince a little inter
est in one of his begging letters. It
proved to be from Williams college,
asking an endowment on the plea that
the old man's birthplace was near the
institution.
"I'd like to do something for that
school," said he, meditiatively.
"Well, I would, father, if I were
you," his son encouraged him.
"I believe I will." The old man 's
ardor kindled. "I believe I will give
th-em something handsome."
"So you should," the- son pursued.
"UWhy not?" '
"I will. I'll give them"-he
thought for a moment-'"I'll give
them $100."
Summer Bros. d
Bargain loving r
Friday. Never t
such a display of
newest weaves a
days that will be
these prices and
Black and C<
15 pieces 54 inch Mohair, wor
85 pieces Mohair Suiting, at 1(C
15 pieces 54 inch Mohair, $1 .2~
Great Silk Sal(
15~ pieces 36 inch guaranteed '1
10 pieces 36 inch guaranteed '1
10 pieces 36 inch Peau de Soil
10 pieces 36 inch Boiled in Qi
20 pieces pink, blue and cream
yard, our sale price, 44 cer
These are the Dest Silk values<
Grand El
)nce again we will give the goc
reat Sale Ernbroideries-a wiJ
iesday rnorning you. choice, 1 (
SPEGIALU With
ing for $1.00. B
New
Beveridge Tells One.
with a r N *1)1f1y.nn diSci*pleS. de
5iretI j 1 llit11Ial. tw ({1alily of
whz:is. f-vs Mh \ilvaukee Seni
tinl.
--\ IImeanis (. adroitness.' he said.
-a You eue1rr CITf the Caliph Caid
spro11 in1 one build 1o the import
mt aImst of keePer )f tlie priv 1urse
T%e calilph sat on a divan. drink
iIg ceoffee mid smoking a narghile.
atnd his courtiers surrounded him.
"Suddeily, wvith a queer frown, he
said:
l"Whoim do you regard as the
rreater man, my father or me?'
"The Vizier, the Cadi and the white
bear1ed coiuncilors were s.ilent, puz
zle(. uiable to think of an answer
that would not imperil their places,
and even their heads.
"But the adroit young equerry
stepped easily"into the breach.
" 'What was the question, sirev'?
he asked.
" 'Which is the greater man, my
father or I ' repeated the Caliph.
'Your father, sire,' the equerry
answered; 'for, though you are your
father's equal in all other respects,
he is superior in this-he had a
greater son than any you have.'
A Neat Retort.
Senator Foraker was contradicting
a certaih statement.
"Though this is a firm contradic
tion," he said, "I want it to be a
pleasant and polite one. It is not
necessary, when men tell falsehoods,
to call them liars and club them over
the head. Their error can be pointed
out in neater and more graceful ways.
For instance:
"In a small town in Indiana a
group of drummers were assembled.
They sat in the reading room of the
country hotel. On the flimsy hotel
paper they had finished writing to
their firms with the lumpy ink and
the rusted pens which the hotel man
agement provided, and now, with
newspaper reading anel desultory talk
they whiled away the tedious evening.
"A young drummer in a red tie
took the cigarette from his mouth
and said:.
"'Well, my day's sales here reach
ed $5,000. Not bad for a small town,
eh.'
"An elderly drummer looked up
from his newspaper and said quietly:
WDAY lH
ry goods departn
an, woman and c
)efore in the histc
bargains offered
re here, piled an<
money in your p
Smatch them in t
>lored Dress Goo
h $1.00, val.ue sale price, 49 ce
cents the yard.
value, in blue, grey and cream,
!I Great Silk Val
affeta, $1.25 value for 79 cents
affeta,$ 1.50 value for 89 cents.
i Silk, $1.25 value at 84 cents t
Black Taffeta Silk $1.25 value,
China Silk, wide and worth 7;
ts.
ver shown over a Newberry Cot
~nbroidery Sale.
:d people a chance to sccure sc
dow full worth up to $1.00 a:
cents the yard.
very purchase 01
Son hand and fol
Lot of Queen QOc
COMIN
Silks, White
Embroideri
Latest Styles
C
We are still giving a
and Boys' Clothing an(
lines con ing in. The g
the money. Now is yo
Seeing is
Cope
Barga
" 'Not bad at all. It is wonderful
what one can do sometimes in these
little places. On my last trip here
my commissions came to just what
you say your sales'did.'
"The young man reddened.
" 'This isn't a lying competition,'
he said gruffly.
"'Oh, excuse me.' said the other.
'I thought it was.' '
Gave Himself Away.
When Thomas drove up to deliver
the usual quart of milk the gentleman
of the house kindly .inquired, "Thom
as, how many quarfk of milk do you
ORNG
ent begins a gre
hild should be t
ry of merchandi
you at such te
I stacked, yes, bi
>ckets on every
he state if you (
:nts. Val Laces wc
1.000 pieces
9 cents.
esT. 1,000 15 ces
100 fine Bed
the yard. 100 fine Bed
100 fine Bed
e y9rd. 50 fine Bed !
89 cents.
cents the
40 bolts Gold
inter. Mennen Talci
1 case Percal
10 Bolts 65 c1
me of our~ ' 1 case solid F
yard, Wed- 1 case Madra
100 Pair $.
' $5 we will sell 2
low the crowdst<
'alito Shoes and
G IN EVER
Goods, Black
Goods.
es, Laces am
ome and Se(
pecial discount of 25 g
I Overcoats to make roc
roods must be sold. Wi
ur opportunity to get do
believing. Come
land!
in Givers of Newl
deliver daily to your customers?"
says Answers.
''Ninety-one, sir."
"And how many cows have you?"
''Nine sir.''
The gentleman made some remarks
about an early winter and the state of
roads, and then asked, ''Thomas,
how much milk a day do your cows
average?"
''Seven quarts, sir.''
''Ah--um,'' said the gentleman, as
he moved off.
Thomas looked after him, scratch
ed his head, and all at once grew pale
Sas he pulled out a short penil and be
at 3 day sale. T
Tiere Wednesday,
sing in. Newberry
impting prices.
-mfull of loveline
purchase you me
:an. ...
A Wagon Load ol
rth 12 1-2. 15, 162-3 andup to
fine Torchon Lace, all linen, at
Great Towel:
aits Towels, Wednesday, Thursda
Spreads, 89 cents, worth $1.25.
Spreads, 98 cents, worth $1.50
Spreads, $1.14, worth $1.75.
preads, $1.45, worth $2.25.
Great Sale 10-4 S
ey Bavizig Oppo3
Medal Sheeting, 10 yards to a c
im Powder, 10 cents. 100 re
e, 5 cents the yard. 1 case
:s- Linen Lawn sale price 39 ct!
~ink and Blue Thambry 5 cts. yd.
s Ginghams 5 ct.s. yd.
Lace curtains, sale'price 98 c
O yards of Andro
> Newberry 's Chei
xfords just land
Y DAY!
and Cream
I Ribbons!
Prices Low:
Oz
>er cent. on all Men's
m for our big Spriig
a need tlo%e .room and
thing at less than cost.
and See.
I 'os.,
berry.
gan to figure on the wagon co*er:
"Nine cows is nine, and I set doWi
seven quarts under the cows andiiil
tiply. That's sixty-three quarts :i
milk. I told him I sold ninety-oie
quarts a day. Sixty-three from aial
ty-one leaves twenty-eight and 'now
to carry. Now, where do I get' de
rest of the milk? I '11 be hanged if
[ haven't given myself away to one
of my best customers, by leaving a
big cavity in these figures to be filled
with water.
Don't forget that a flatterer always
Eas an ax to grind.
'CLOCK.
'ake heed, every
Thursday and
have you had
All the world's
ss. Three great
ike. Just read
Val Laces.
25 cts., choice the yard 10 cts.
25 cents a bunch.
Sale.
.y and Friday at 10 cts. each
sheeting.
ustomer an 18 cents the yd,
~ady-made Sheets, 39 c each
Sea Island Percale, 10 cts.
3. yd.
ts. pair.
scoggin Bleech
apest Store, 'tis
Os.
ed.